* Although time is said to not flow here, the game clock counting total gameplay time will still add time spent here and events affected by time, such as {{p|Eevee}}'s evolution to {{p|Espeon}} or {{p|Umbreon}}, still occur.

* Although time is said to not flow here, the game clock counting total gameplay time will still add time spent here and events affected by time, such as {{p|Eevee}}'s evolution to {{p|Espeon}} or {{p|Umbreon}}, still occur.

* In interviews [[Junichi Masuda]] and Takeshi Kawachimaru did for {{wp|G4 (TV channel)|G4}}, it was revealed that Giratina and the Distortion World are personifications of {{wp|antimatter}}. The Distortion World's antimatter affects the real world's matter and vice versa, though they mentioned that antimatter is more fragile than real matter.

* In interviews [[Junichi Masuda]] and Takeshi Kawachimaru did for {{wp|G4 (TV channel)|G4}}, it was revealed that Giratina and the Distortion World are personifications of {{wp|antimatter}}. The Distortion World's antimatter affects the real world's matter and vice versa, though they mentioned that antimatter is more fragile than real matter.

More of the 3D capabilities of the Nintendo DS are utilized in the Distortion World than elsewhere in Sinnoh, with the strange physics of the world altered to a point where the player is able to walk on ceilings and Surf on water that is at right angles with the norm, creating an effect similar to the art of M. C. Escher.

When in the Distortion World, Giratina will be in its true form, the Origin Forme. The Griseous Orb, found here, can be used to make Giratina assume this form outside of the Distortion World, where it would normally be in its Altered Forme.

It is a dark place with platforms floating at many different angles. The world disobeys the normal laws of physics: time does not flow and spatial relations are irregular, allowing the player to walk and surf on walls in any direction. Trees and rocks can simply grow out of the ground, and then disappear. The only Pokémon known to inhabit the Distortion World is Giratina.

The world's rust-colored landmass is separated into tiny islands. Trees are spiky and incredibly tall, much like giant kelp. Beneath the floating land, there is a spinning whirlpool of spatial clouds.

Cynthia and Cyrus theorize that this world was created by Giratina as a balance for the real world.

In the anime

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Distortion World in Pokémon Adventures

The Distortion World makes its first appearance at the Spear Pillar when Cyrus, leader of Team Galactic forces Dialga and Palkia to fight each other, causing a black hole to appear in the sky. Cyrus incorrectly assumes it is the new world that he had intended to create by having the two dragons fight each other but was later corrected by Charon.

After Cyrus is defeated by Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Charon spies on the heroes as they leave to go take their fallen enemies and Cyrus to the hospital. The machine he is holding is taken by the Gym Leader Byron who accidentally puts it under the hole in sky. This causes a reaction, and a several black tentacles shoot out from the hole and pull Dialga, Palkia, and the unconscious Cyrus into it. A large, serpentine Pokémon then glances at the Pokédex holders before leaving and the hole closing behind it.

Later, it is revealed the bodyguards of Platinum, Paka and Uji, were transported to another dimension by Saturn; Platinum assumes that the location they were transported to was the Distortion World and sets out to find information about it so she can rescue them. The Platinum chapter involves Platinum and her ally, International Police member Looker, going to the Battle Frontier to gather information about it.

Turnback Cave

Trivia

Although time is said to not flow here, the game clock counting total gameplay time will still add time spent here and events affected by time, such as Eevee's evolution to Espeon or Umbreon, still occur.

In interviews Junichi Masuda and Takeshi Kawachimaru did for G4, it was revealed that Giratina and the Distortion World are personifications of antimatter. The Distortion World's antimatter affects the real world's matter and vice versa, though they mentioned that antimatter is more fragile than real matter.

The Distortion World was the only place in which a Pokémon that has used Transform could assume Giratina's Origin Forme in Generation IV. As no Pokémon besides Giratina could hold the Griseous Orb, all Pokémon that Transformed into an Origin Forme Giratina would immediately become Altered Forme outside of this area.

Battling Giratina in the Distortion World is the only instance where the battle scene does not include a platform graphic underneath the Pokémon (a minor feature introduced in Generation III).

In the Distortion World the player is able to go up a waterfall without having the move Waterfall or having the Beacon Badge. This is possibly due to the fact that gravity is not normal in this world, therefore, no extra effort is needed by the Pokémon to climb the waterfall.